I agree totally: I've a a couple of young ones, and development of character, comprehension of right and wrong, learning the fundamentals is (reading comprehension, analytical processes) what's important. Computers are distractions at worst, learning aids at best, and are in no way fundamental to primary or secondary education.
If someone wants some universe to explore, a biology lab is a far richer and better place than the endless stream of marketing content available on the web.
If that means signing invention forms for the filing, and an assignment document, then do so.
Second, the USPTO requires that parties filing for patent protect fully disclose all prior art known to the filer. You MUST, as part of this, list all relevant prior art known to you, and in turn your former employer MUST disclose this to the USPTO.
DON'T asume the USPTO will look for prior art: they rely primarily on existing patents, not on open publications, and so there isn't much prior art from the PTO's point of view.
So if you happen to have knowlege of some prior art then disclose it. Failing to do so can lead to the invalidation of the patent.
I don't know if the USPTO has an AC form for posting prior art, but perhaps they should.
IANAL, but I do have a (non-software) patent due to issue RSN. So I've been through the process.
In a couple of years, the 'desktop' computer won't exist. There will be lot's of computers- the ones you wear, the ones you pickup and use, the ones you walk up to and use. The one you sit down at will just be another variant of the above, not the other way around.
And Linux will be the dominant OS on all of them- because it's free (as in freedom), it has mindshare bigger and better than the *BSDs, or any other OS, and people will be free to create all these other uses for computing devices.
Lets see, the Chinease have been pretty clear about their threats to us. In fact, one of their military leaders 'suggested' that instead of worrying about their launching missiles toward Taiwan in an attempt to intimidate that small democracy, we in the US ought to worry about Los Angeles.
We have a legitimate need to defense systems like these. They are hard and costly to produce. But what is the proposed alternative? Caving to the Chinease? Bill "I love chicks" Clinton might be willing to, but I'm not.
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I agree totally: I've a a couple of young ones, and development of character, comprehension of right and wrong, learning the fundamentals is (reading comprehension, analytical processes) what's important. Computers are distractions at worst, learning aids at best, and are in no way fundamental to primary or secondary education. If someone wants some universe to explore, a biology lab is a far richer and better place than the endless stream of marketing content available on the web.
First of all, meet you legal obligations fully.
If that means signing invention forms for the filing, and an assignment document, then do so.
Second, the USPTO requires that parties filing for patent protect fully disclose all prior art known to the filer. You MUST, as part of this, list all relevant prior art known to you, and in turn your former employer MUST disclose this to the USPTO.
DON'T asume the USPTO will look for prior art: they rely primarily on existing patents, not on open publications, and so there isn't much prior art from the PTO's point of view.
So if you happen to have knowlege of some prior art then disclose it. Failing to do so can lead to the invalidation of the patent.
I don't know if the USPTO has an AC form for posting prior art, but perhaps they should.
IANAL, but I do have a (non-software) patent due to issue RSN. So I've been through the process.
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In a couple of years, the 'desktop' computer won't exist. There will be lot's of computers- the ones you wear, the ones you pickup and use, the ones you walk up to and use. The one you sit down at will just be another variant of the above, not the other way around.
And Linux will be the dominant OS on all of them- because it's free (as in freedom), it has mindshare bigger and better than the *BSDs, or any other OS, and people will be free to create all these other uses for computing devices.
Richard Stallman's vision is realized.
Lets see, the Chinease have been pretty clear about their threats to us. In fact, one of their military leaders 'suggested' that instead of worrying about their launching missiles toward Taiwan in an attempt to intimidate that small democracy, we in the US ought to worry about Los Angeles.
We have a legitimate need to defense systems like these. They are hard and costly to produce. But what is the proposed alternative? Caving to the Chinease? Bill "I love chicks" Clinton might be willing to, but I'm not.